National Rifle Association of America

The people screaming for more gun control and more gun laws and all the other useless ideas should be finding out why the laws now in place are not being enforced. The last maniac to shoot up a theater should have never been able to purchase a gun but evidently some judge did not do her job ("Gunman in Louisiana theater shooting had history of seeking vengeance," July 26). To suggest that the courts are too busy to follow up is not acceptable and to further suggest that the answer is more laws that only burden the citizen who simply wants to protect his or her family is ridiculous. The person or persons who did not follow up and notify the proper authorities regarding the...

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